On Tuesday, April 09, 2013 14:23:12 gadget3000 wrote: > Hi, > > I'm the previous maintainer of the xflux package ( > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xflux/). > Over the past 24 hours someone else has become the maintainer of the > package but I'm confused as to how because I never gave up "ownership" of > it. > Before I go on I just want to clarify that I'm not so bothered about > getting the package back so much as understanding how someone else now > maintains the package without my knowledge (I only found out after doing a > system, update an seeing that that package got updated even though I didn't > update the version number). > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the only way a maintainer can be > forced to give up a package is if someone sends an email to the maintainer, > asking them to update the package and the maintainer does not respond > (either by email or by updating the package). I received an email yesterday > (8th March) asking me to update the package, because it didn't build since > the makepkg update, and I updated the package. Even if I hadn't updated it, > it had been less than 24 hours since I even got the message so I don't > understand why someone else has now taken over the package. > > So my question is does anyone know how I lost the package? > > Thanks, > Gadget3000
FYI, https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2013-April/023068.html Felix Yan Twitter: @felixonmars
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